Thirty years ago, the Taller de Formación Política [Workshop for Political Education or TFP] published the book Water in Puerto Rico: Crisis of Nature or Social Crisis? Many of the problems pointed out in that text have worsened and continue to threaten our society. Many of the criticisms, complaints, and warnings that were made have been confirmed. Unfortunately for the country, everything that was pointed out about the super-aqueduct project has also been borne out. Likewise, the (…)

Daniel Ortega, the 80-year-old president of Nicaragua, announced on July 19, the anniversary of the Nicaraguan Revolution of 1979, that, “There will be no more elections.”. Speaking to a cheering crowd of as many as 100,000 people in the Plaza of the Revolution, Ortega said his government was abolishing elections and political parties to present a U.S. inspired counterrevolution that would bring to power the former dictator Anastasio Somoza's followers. “The history of parties created by the (…)

In a half-hour, prime-time national speech, President Donald Trump claimed that U.S. elections are vulnerable to foreign interference, to massive non-citizen voting, and to fraud. He called upon Congress to pass what he calls the SAVE America Act, though its actual name is the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act.
The central features of the act require that would-be first-time voters must produce valid photo identification and proof of citizenship, and that states must restrict mail (…)

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• Les causes du Covid long, un syndrome post-infectieux qui affecte des millions de personnes dans le monde, demeurent mal comprises ; • Des travaux récents suggèrent que deux mécanismes pourraient participer au Covid long : une anomalie dans la formation de nouveaux vaisseaux sanguins et une inflammation de leur paroi interne ;
• Cibler une molécule intervenant dans la formation des vaisseaux sanguins pourrait améliorer certains symptômes du Covid long. Un essai (…)

La crise climatique, l'érosion de la biodiversité et les phénomènes de pollutions massives s'intensifient. Dans ce contexte, le droit à un environnement propre, sain et durable s'affirme comme un élément structurant du droit international des droits humains. Mais dans les faits, pour l'instant, aucun instrument juridique contraignant ne garantit sa mise en œuvre à l'échelle de l'Europe.
Des manifestants allemands manifestent avant l'audience de la Cour européenne des droits de l'homme (…)